Introduction.- The study of beginnings.- Definition of the library.- Method.- Antediluvian libraries. General - Libraries of the gods.- Animal and plant libraries?- Preadamite libraries.- Adamite and patriarchal libraries before the flood.- Prehistoric and historic libraries.- The evolution of record keeping.- Memory libraries.- Pictorial object libraries.- Mnemonic object libraries.- Picture book libraries.- Ideographic records.- Types of primitive libraries.- Contents of primitive libraries.- The administration of primitive libraries.- The beginnings of library schools.- The beginnings of library research.- Bibliography (p. 159-164)

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